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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"botanic gardens"”.
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British botanic gardens and the biodiversity crisis, c.1960 – c.2000
… governance, and outreach of four British botanic gardens: the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The project takes its start date from when Kew began to engage with the …
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Examining the impact of multisensory language on perception and imagination: how can botanic gardens use audio description to enhance access for blind and partially sighted visitors?
… This project is focussed on how to describe botanic gardens, and the research took place at the Chelsea Physic Garden (CPG). This thesis redefines audio description (AD) within a cognitive linguistic (CL) model, focussed on its function as sensory description. The central hypothesis is that …
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The distribution of free amino acids in Diastella Salisb., Leucospermum R. Br. and some other members of the Proteaceae
… phytochemical study being undertaken at National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, in which the non-protein amino acid complements and the presence of certain flavonoids have been compared in several members of the Proteaceae. This project will eventually be extended to other taxa and other chemical …
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An evaluation of free amino acids as chemotaxonomic markers in Protea L. species
One of the major functions of a Botanic Garden should be that of research. When a research laboratory was established at Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden in 1984, it-was decided to start investigating chemical parameters of our indigenous plants, since this is a field that has not received …
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Predicting Pests: A History of International Plant Pest Reporting and Risk Analysis
… in the 2000s when new actors and institutions—botanic gardens and arboreta—were brought into surveillance systems intended to assist with pest risk analysis.
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Self-incompatibility in Cosmos atrosanauineus: a rare Mexican endemic species of Asteraceae
… Hooker (1785-1865), Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew initially identified the Roezl specimen as Cosmos diversifolius var. atrosanguineus, but it was classified as the distinct species, Cosmos atrosanguineus by Andreas Voss in 1894. Cosmos atrosanguineus is much prized in …
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Elandspoort 357-JR
… of the argument. The site is classified as a botanic garden. The programme of botany is informed by the site history; residential (1880-1914), botanic gardens (1914-1975), nursery (1915-1950), greenhouse (1918-1975) and entomology/plant pathology division (1914-2007). A further investigation …
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The Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Stone Oaks (Lithocarpus)
… Drawing on data from scientific publications, botanic gardens, and herbaria, it identifies persistent knowledge gaps and highlights opportunities to better align research priorities with conservation needs. Chapter 7 briefly summarises the main findings and outlines key directions for future …
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Grow: Experiencing Nature in the Fifth Dimension
… and staying at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, West Sussex in the UK has also been a point of reflection. The seed becomes a visual analogy for ideas of time, growth and renewal in the context of issues of creating art in the time of the Anthropocene. This exegesis explores the …
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Grow: Experiencing Nature in the Fifth Dimension
… and staying at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, West Sussex in the UK has also been a point of reflection. The seed becomes a visual analogy for ideas of time, growth and renewal in the context of issues of creating art in the time of the Anthropocene. This exegesis explores the …
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Repurposing Colonialism: Postcoloniality and the Politics of World Heritage
… two comprehensive case studies – the Singapore Botanic Gardens, and the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco ensemble of Mumbai. Using a version of Mukhija’s (2010) N of one plus some approach – here an ‘N of two plus some’ approach—I also examine Old Town of Galle and its fortifications in Sri Lanka, …
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Ultramarooned : gender, empire and narratives of travel in Southern Africa
… tropes, but with a displaced focus on botanical descriptions and flower painting. The chapter about South Africa in her autobiography and the exhibition of her paintings of South African flowers on display at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew provide insight into how some early cultural …
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Development and Characterization of an Inexpensive Single-Particle Fluorescence Spectrometer for Detection and Classification of Pollen and Other Bioaerosols
… particles collected in a central location of the Botanic Gardens were classified as a type of tree that was seen to be pollinating on the same day.</p>
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ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY IN VALMALENCO (SONDRIO, ITALY): STUDY AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE PLANT AND CULTURAL BIODIVERSITY
… enhancement through the proposal of an ethnobotanical investigation. In an era in which the awareness about the impact of global warming on mountain biodiversity is growing, the preservation of the traditional know-how related to the plant uses can represent an alternative strategy for the …